A Grown-Up's Guide to Summer Movies

Source: Wall Street Journal

Rachel Dodes on Lunch Break has a guide to the upcoming guide to this year's batch of summer movies: Amid the superheroes and sequels, there are other, quieter choices. Photo: Focus Features. "Moonrise Kingdom," the latest ...
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Older faces onscreen draw an overlooked crowd to movie theaters

Source: Miami Herald

Anytime a film costs $10 million to make and ticket sales approach $100 million, Hollywood pays attention. But jaws really drop when a movie starring actors in their 70s and aimed at people over 50 pulls off that tr ...
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John Huston film suppressed by Army is restored

Source: The Seattle Times

WASHINGTON — More than 65 years after it was suppressed by the Army, a powerful and controversial John Huston documentary about soldiers suffering from the psychological wounds of war has been restored by the ...
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Midday open thread

Source: Daily Kos

As President Obama addressed the graduates, no rainbow flags could be seen on display. The LGBT students couldn’t be picked out of the crowd of white and blue. But gay and lesbian advocates, academy alums, ...
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Democrats Revolt Against Obama Over TPP

Source: Eurasia Review

A leading Senate Democrat has called out US President Barack Obama over his alleged unwillingness to keep Congress updated on negotiations over a treaty that might be potentially disastrous for America. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) int ...
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Common culture and European cinema

Source: Euronews

A quote, commonly ascribed to one of the fathers of the European Union, Jean Monnet said: “If I had to do it again, I would start with culture”. As Europeans struggle among themselves over a financial crisis and as the world’s movie industry atten ...
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Internet, meet the new ploy to pass the next SOPA

Source: Digital Trends

A new study by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Global Intellectual Property Center puts jobs at the center of the debate around intellectual property protection. Immediately following the defeat of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SO ...
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Trans-Pacific Partnership: Key Senate Democrat Joins Bipartisan Trade Revolt Against Obama

Source: The Huffington Post

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) introduced legislation late Wednesday to protest the Obama administration's refusal to share information about controversial trade negotiations with the senator. The administration's blockade agai ...
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Movie capsules: What's playing in Erie, Meadville, May 24- 30

Source: GoErie.com

Millcreek 6: "Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked." "The Lorax" in 3-D. "Lockout." "Journey 2: The Mysterious Island." "Men in Black 3": Agent J (Will Smith) travels in time to MIB's early years in the 19 ...
Full article at: GoErie.com  More like this  2 days ago, 7:26pm CDT